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Coherence Length of Electronic Nematicity in Iron-Based Superconductors

Y. Kageyama, A. Onishi, C. Bareille, K. Ishida, Y. Mizukami, S. Ishida, H. Eisaki, K. Hashimoto, T. Taniuchi, S. Shin, H. Kontani, and T. Shibauchi, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 93, 103702 (2024).
Published September 11, 2024

Recent developments in laser-excited photoemission electron microscopy (laser-PEEM) advance the visualization of electronic nematicity and nematic domain structures in iron-based superconductors. In FeSe and BaFe2(As0.87P0.13)2 superconductors, it has been reported that the thickness of the electronic nematic domain walls is unexpectedly long, leading to the formation of mesoscopic nematicity wave [T. Shimojima et al., Science 373, 1122 (2021)]. This finding demonstrates that the nematic coherence length ξnem can be decoupled from the lattice domain wall. Here, we report that the electronic domain wall thickness shows a distinct variation in related materials: it is similarly long in FeSe0.9S0.1 whereas it is much shorter in undoped BaFe2As2. We find a correlation between the thick domain walls and the non-Fermi liquid properties of normal-state resistivity above the nematic transition temperature. This suggests that the nematic coherence length can be enhanced by underlying spin–orbital fluctuations responsible for the anomalous transport properties.